Jiang Yuwei looked up toward the source of the sound and saw Jiang Yaoyao dressed in red, holding onto Master Ge's arm, smiling while covering her face with a fan.
Then, Master Ge glanced at Jiang Yuwei, who was cooking spicy hot pot, and said indifferently:
"Since she's your sister, let's patronize her business today."
He then winked at Steward Zhang beside him, who bowed and smiled obsequiously at Master Ge before pushing his way through the queue and looking up disdainfully, saying:
"Get out, get out! Do you think you're worthy of eating what Master Ge wants to eat?"
Jiang Yuwei remained silent, continuing to cook the spicy hot pot in the pot. Seeing that Manager Zhang had chased all the customers away, Liu, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped forward to stop him:
"Sir, we don't discriminate against customers when we set up our stalls. Please join the queue at the back and make your purchase in an orderly manner."
As she spoke, Liu tried to persuade everyone to stay:
"Everyone, don't go, don't go. We'll just buy according to the order of the queue. We don't need to pay attention to the others."
"That's Master Ge, who would dare to mess with him?"
"That's right, let's come back another day to eat this mala tang."
"Yes, yes, I dare not offend these powerful people, let's go quickly."
Seeing this, Steward Zhang stepped forward and shoved Liu aside, cursing:
"Are you blind? Don't you even know who's eating? How dare you make Master Ge wait in line? You must be tired of living. Look at these lowly commoners, which one of them dares to eat at the same table as Master Ge?"
Liu, lying on the ground, stared resolutely at Steward Zhang. Jiang Yuwei put down her bowl and chopsticks and hurriedly helped Liu up, asking with concern:
"Are you alright? Did you break anything?"
Liu shook her head, took Jiang Yuwei's hand, and said urgently:
"Yuwei, what should we do? He's chased all the guests away."
Jiang Yuwei squeezed Liu's hand to comfort her:
"It's okay, you go make some spicy hot pot first."
Ning Qiu and Ning Wan, who were standing nearby, saw the commotion and were anxious to help, but there were still many people queuing in front of their own stalls and they couldn't get away. Jiang Yuwei gestured to them to leave it alone, and then walked to the hot pot stall and picked up the vegetables that Manager Zhang had dropped on the ground.
Manager Zhang became furious when he saw that Jiang Yuwei was ignoring him.
"Do you still want to run your business? If you don't, say so now. My master, Mr. Ge, can kill you with a flick of his finger. Don't forget how your daughter was kidnapped."
As he spoke, Manager Zhang gave Ning Wan, who was staring intently at him, a meaningful look.
Jiang Yuwei stepped forward, blocking his view, and spoke calmly:
"Our stall has a rule: we don't serve Mr. Ge or dogs. You can go back now."
Upon hearing this, Master Ge, who was standing at the back, immediately turned cold and said to Jiang Yaoyao in a deep voice:
"You said this is your sister's stall, so I thought I'd come and support her business. Normally, I wouldn't even glance at such a run-down place. What does your sister mean by saying this now?"
Seeing that Master Ge's expression was not right, Jiang Yaoyao quickly smiled apologetically and patted his chest to help him catch his breath.
“Sir, she’s a fool. How could she know your good intentions? You’re always so kind-hearted. You’d even throw a piece of meat to any stray cat or dog you see on the street. Yao Yao knows that you’re only patronizing this foolish woman’s stall because of me. Since she’s so ungrateful, I think we should just have Manager Zhang overturn her stall so she can’t set up a stall here anymore.”
After hearing Jiang Yaoyao's words, Master Ge looked at her with satisfaction:
"Hmm, Yao Yao, you understand me best. Fine, since she doesn't want to do business with me, then let's smash her stall."
After saying that, he waved to Steward Zhang.
Seeing that his master had spoken, Manager Zhang naturally had to comply. He was a local tyrant in Ping'an Town even when he wasn't with Master Ge. Now that Master Ge was backing him up, Manager Zhang became even more arrogant and directly called a few of his men to come forward and smash up the stall.
Ning Huaizhi, who was selling gray tofu nearby, had also noticed the situation. When he saw Manager Zhang kick over the table with vegetables, Ning Huaizhi immediately shot him in the ankle with a slingshot. There was a cracking sound as if the bone was breaking.
Jiang Yuwei was shocked. Normally, Ning Huaizhi would use his slingshot to hit people but never broke any bones. At most, it would just hurt them for a while. Today, Ning Huaizhi must have used all his strength to hit Manager Zhang. Jiang Yuwei did not stop Ning Huaizhi. The revenge for Ning Wan being tied up that day should be taken today!
Manager Zhang was seen sitting on the ground in pain, clutching his ankle and wailing.
"Ouch, ouch, that hurts like hell!"
Seeing this, Master Ge flicked his sleeves and cursed:
"Coward, you only got hit by a slingshot, is it really that painful?"
After saying this, Master Ge looked up and met Ning Huaizhi's eyes, which were like those of a murderer. He was immediately terrified and trembled. Then, he pulled Jiang Yaoyao beside him and turned to go to his carriage.
"Let's go, let's go, this is pointless. Manager Zhang, you should handle this yourself. If you can't handle it, don't come back to see me."
Jiang Yaoyao seemed to want to stay and watch Jiang Yuwei get beaten, and muttered somewhat reluctantly:
"Sir, don't rush off. Can I take another look?"
Jiang Yuwei sneered:
"Yes, why is Mr. Ge running so fast? Your men caused trouble, and you think you can just walk away? Either you get beaten up, or you pay compensation. You choose!"
Manager Zhang, still grimacing in pain on the ground, angrily said:
"Jiang Yuwei, don't be so arrogant! Our Master Ge won't let you get away with this!"
Seeing that Manager Zhang was about to say something, Ning Huaizhi threw a mud ball into his throat, choking him so badly that he couldn't swallow or spit it out. He just stood there, yelling and screaming. Jiang Yuwei watched coldly as Manager Zhang's face turned red from being choked.
Seeing this, the waiter following behind Manager Zhang hurriedly shouted:
"Manager Zhang, what's wrong with you?"
"Manager Zhang, don't die! We can't live without you!"
"Waaah, Steward Zhang, you must be strong and live on!"
Manager Zhang's eyes were wide with anger, his bloodshot eyes almost bulging out of their sockets:
"Quick, vomit, quick... go, go, get a doctor..."
Manager Zhang reached out and kept patting the nearest employee before managing to utter those words in fits and starts.
But to everyone's surprise, the waiter turned out to be hard of hearing, and the wailing and shouting of the other waiters completely drowned out Manager Zhang's voice.
"What? What did you say, Manager Zhang? I can't hear you!"
Manager Zhang glared at him, furious, and was about to kick the waiter when he heard another "crack"—his ankle was broken even more completely…
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